A/n: Sorry it's been awhile since I've updated this I meant to update this two weeks ago, but I got caught up updating my other Detty's as well as writing out two new stories that I had to get out of my head, and the start of the FIFA world cup, Go Brazil! Anywho this is sorta a long one, I hope you enjoy the new chapter and I will try to get another update up this week as well,but no promises.

-Pessi . Rom

Thanks to:didi6,Kkristabell,AndromedaAiken,TMadison,UzuNamikaze,misty90,scifiromance and ptime

, for your reviews of the previous chapter,I really appreciate it and I hope you all enjoy the new chapter.

Disclaimer: I own nothing when it comes to UB, I'm just happy to use the characters in my plots.

Chapter Ten : Dinner and Disastrous Conversations

"Hello." Ignacio said answering the house phone in the kitchen.

"Hi Papi,it's Betty." Betty said as she sat in her apartment.

"Betty mija , what happened yesterday?" Ignacio said, still confused by Betty's abrupt departure.

"Nothing, just sister stuff, you know me and Hilda, we get mad at each other and within ten minutes, we're over it." Betty said.

"I guess." Ignacio said not fully convinced, but he figured it was best not to get involved. He knew how stubborn his daughters could be and like Betty said, they never stayed mad at each other long.

"Anyway, I'm calling because I'm having a little dinner at my apartment tonight, nothing big, but I'd like you, Hilda and Justin to come." Betty said.

"Sure, what time, who else will be there?" Ignacio asked.

"Seven is fine, Daniel and Claire Meade will also be there." Betty said.

"Whats the occasion?" Ignacio asked curious as to why the Meade's would be there as well.

"No occasion, I've been trying out all these new recipes, so I figured I could cook for my family and friends." Betty said.

"Ok, we will be there." Ignacio said, satisfied with her answer.

"Great, I've gotta head to work, I'll see you tonight." Betty said, then hung up the phone. She turned on her laptop, then pulled out her phone, hitting speed dial three, Daniel's cell.

"Hey Betty." Daniel said answering the call right away.

"Hey, so I talked to my dad and hes agreed to come over, what about your mom?" Betty asked.

"I just got off the phone with her, shes in to try your cooking. So we're ordering take out, right" Daniel said, and Betty could hear the smirk she knew was probably all over his face.

"Hey, you don't think I can cook?" Betty said sounding offended.

"You forget, I've had your cooking." Daniel said.

"It's not that bad." Betty said.

"Sorry, babe, but it is." Daniel said.

"Whatever." Betty said.

"So, I'll see you in a little bit?" Daniel said turning serious.

"Yeah, I just gotta email my self the article I finished last night, then I'll be headed to Mode." Betty said.

"Ok. And if you really do wanna cook, I'd go with something simple, like mac n cheese." Daniel said.

"You're such a dork, hanging up now." Betty said, shaking her head and ending the call.

She loved that , even though things had changed between them, they hadn't really changed. They still bantered and teased each other, like they did when they were just friends. There was nothing awkward about it. She only hoped that, her dinner that night would go as smoothly, that, though, she wasn't exactly confident about.

She shook the negative thoughts out of her head, and focused on the task at hand. She emailed the article. Then grabbed her purse, heading out the door and toward work.

Mode

"Christina?" Betty said walking into the Closet.

"Hey Bet-ty,what's up?" Christina said practically waddling over to Betty.

"Daniel wanted to know if the wardrobe for the two o'clock shoot is ready." Betty said.

"I've got it ready for you right here." Christina said pointing to a clothes rack on wheels, with about ten clothing items hanging from it.

"Thanks!" Betty said, then started to walk away.

"Bet-ty?" Christina said stopping Betty in her tracks.

"Yeah?" Betty said turning to face her friend.

"There's something different about you, you seem...happier." Christina said starring at her friend.

"I don't know what you're talking about?" Betty said, but not convincingly.

"You're a terrible liar you know that." Christina said.

"I wish people would stop telling me that." Betty said slightly annoyed.

"So what is it, whats different?" Christina said , looking at Betty as if waiting for some indication of what had changed to suddenly be written on her forehead or something.

"Nothing's different, I guess things have been really good lately, with work, and living in my own place, even with Amanda as a roommate, shes actually not that bad." Betty said, not completely lying, because that was in a way true.

"No, its something else...are you seeing someone?" Christina asked.

"No!" Betty said a little to quickly.

"You are aren't you, who is he, and why didn't you tell me?" Christina said practically squealing.

"Shh, I'm not seeing anyone." Betty said, but again she didn't have Christina convinced.

"Bet-ty..." Christina said in a stern, ' I know you're lying so give it up', tone.

"Ok, maybe I am, but I can't say anything yet, I promise I'll tell you, just not now." Betty said.

"Why, whats the big secret, do you not trust me, he's not a spy or anything is he?" Christina asked confused as to why her best friend couldn't tell her who she was dating.

"I gotta go, they're waiting for the wardrobe." Betty said walking away.

"I don't get what the big deal, its not like you're dating your boss...noooo...it's Daniel!" Christina said realization hitting once she saw the telling expression on Betty's face.

"Shh...you can't tell anyone, and I mean anyone Christina, we wanted to tell our parents first." Betty said, while hoping no one heard Christina's outburst.

"I can't believe you didn't tell me!" Christina said hitting Betty with a hand bag.

"Ow,what was that for!" Betty said rubbing her arm.

"Sorry, its the hormones. You have to tell me everything, how did it happen, how long have you been seeing him?" Christina asked going from mad to curious.

"I promise I will tell you everything,but not here, and not now." Betty said walking away.

"You better!" Christina yelled after her.

"It's about bloody time they got together." Christina said to herself, then went back to sorting the items in the Closet.

"Hey,you're early." Betty said opening the door to reveal Daniel.

"Hey, thought you might need my help setting up, I brought wine." Daniel said handing her a bottle of red wine.

"Thanks." Betty said placing the wine on the table, and kissing him hello.

"Where's Amanda?" Daniel asked noticing the missing presence of Betty's roommate.

"I think she's at Mark's, they're going to a club or something." Betty said.

"My mom should be here in about twenty minutes." Daniel said.

"Good, I just talked to my Dad and he , Hilda and Justin are on their way. They should get here at the same time as your mom." Betty said.

"Cool. So I see you went with takeout." Daniel said observing the empty takeaway boxes in the thrash.

"I was gonna cook, but my boss had a full schedule today, so I didn't have the time." Betty said.

"Your boss shouldn't work you so hard, he should give you a break now and then." Daniel said.

"I know, but the poor thing, he'd fall apart without me." Betty said.

"Hey, no I wouldn't...ok maybe I would a little." Daniel said when Betty raised an eyebrow at him.

"Well he could make it up to me right now, the working me so hard part." Betty said flirting.

"Really, and how could he do that." Daniel said moving closer to her.

"By taking out the thrash, so they don't find out this meal was catered." Betty said handing him the garbage bags with the takeaway boxes.

"You're lucky I like you so much." Daniel said taking the bags, before heading out the door and toward the thrash shoot.

7PM

"That's probably your mom , and my family" Betty said when she heard the door bell ring.

"Hi,mija." Ignacio said, when Betty opened the door, she kissed her father's cheek then motioned for him to enter the apartment. Hilda and Justin were standing right behind him.

"Hi, aunt Betty, the food smells delicious." Justin said walking in.

"Betty." Hilda said with slightly hidden attitude.

"Hilda." Betty said right back with the same tone. Ignacio and Justin were saying hello to Daniel, which alerted Hilda to his presence.

"Why am I not surprised he's here." Hilda said quietly enough that only Betty could hear, before entering the apartment.

"Don't start." Betty said. She had a feeling it was gonna be a long night.

Five minutes later, Claire Meade arrived and everyone sat around the table. Betty had to borrow some chairs from her new neighbor so that everyone could have a seat, Jesse had since moved out shortly after she and Daniel had started dating.

1 Hour Later

"Betty dinner was absolutely delicious." Claire said as she sipped some water.

"Thanks, Mrs . Meade." Betty said.

"Yes, Betty it was delicious, and it tasted very familiar, where did you say you got the recipe?" Hilda asked.

"I didn't, Hilda." Betty said.

Hilda had been at it the whole dinner, dropping subtle comments here and there in order to unnerve Betty. Betty had forgotten that Hilda was familiar with the particular chain that she'd bought the food from. She'd been throwing that, and the fact that she knew about Betty and Daniel in Betty's face.

And Betty had, had enough. She figured it was time she tell her Father, and Claire the real reason why they were all here tonight. Her and Daniel hadn't exactly planned it out, but they figured around when she served desert would probably be best to tell everyone the truth.

"I'm gonna go grab dessert, it's chocolate mousse from the bakery down the street." Betty said, there was no way she could pass the desert off as her own, so she'd told the truth.

"I'll help." Daniel said getting up and following her over to the fridge.

"Is it just me, or were things really tense between you and Hilda." Daniel said, having noticed all the subtle comments, which hadn't been so subtle to him, since he knew Hilda knew their secret.

"No. I don't know what her issue is, but we should tell them before she does." Betty said as she took the cake out of the fridge.

"Do you want me to grab the plates?" Daniel asked.

"Yeah, thanks, I knew there was a reason I kept you around." Betty said.

"Oh, so it wasn't also because I'm so handsome." Daniel said.

"No, I think its just the being handy thing." Betty said with a smirk. Daniel wanted to lean over and kiss her, but with her family and his Mom, only a few feet away, he couldn't exactly get away with it.

They made their way back over to the dinning table area, and Daniel handed out the plates while Betty placed the cake on the table, uncovered it then began to cut everyone pieces. Once they all had their piece of the chocolate cake , Betty cleared her throat.

"Um, so...there's another reason why I asked you all over for dinner tonight." Betty said, nervously shifting in her seat.

"Oh, you mean, it wasn't just for us to taste your amazing new cooking skills." Hilda said a hint of sarcasm in her voice, luckily no one but Betty and Daniel noticed it.

"No, Hilda,it wasn't. There's something I...well we wanted to tell you all." Betty said.

"We, what do you mean we?" Ignacio asked confused.

"Yes, Betty, tell us, what you mean by we." Hilda said smugly. Betty ignored her sister, took a deep breath, then began speaking again.

"Me... and Daniel." Betty said, and Daniel clasped his hands with hers on top of the table.

"Daniel, what's going on?" Claire asked,more out of curiosity than confusion, though by the way her son was holding his assistants hand, she had a feeling of what was going on.

"Betty and I are dating, and we have been for about a month now." Daniel said. The room was silent after Daniel spoke, you could cut the thick tension with a knife. After about five minutes, Justin was the first to break the silence.

"That's great aunt Betty." Justin said genuinely.

"Thanks Justin." Betty said smiling at her teen nephew.

"Anyone else going to say anything?" Daniel said beginning to feel nervous himself, especially since he was pretty sure Betty's father was glaring at him.

"So it was Betty you were meeting with the other night when I came over?" Claire said, finally understanding why her son had been so different lately.

"Yeah, we became an official couple that night, and we decided the next step was to tell all of you, before we go public." Daniel said.

"Then I'm happy for you two, any girl who makes my boy happy is more than ok in my book. Plus I've always been fond of you Betty, you've done so much not just for Daniel, but for me too." Claire said genuinely happy for them.

"Thanks, Mom." Daniel said, happy that she was accepting of their relationship, he didn't expect anything less from her.

"Thanks, Mrs . Meade." Betty said smiling at Claire.

"Am I the only one who thinks this is crazy." Hilda said no longer able to keep her subtlety.

"Hilda, what the hell is your problem!" Betty said having had enough.

"I don't trust him Betty, that's my problem!" Hilda said obviously referring to Daniel.

"Because you don't know him like I do!" Betty said.

"Papi, are you listening to this." Hilda said turning to her father who

"No, Papi tell her she's overreacting." Betty said also turning to her father, who's opinion mattered the most.

"I'm sorry, but I agree with your sister. This isn't right he's your boss Betty." Ignacio said shaking his head in disapproval.

"See Hilda, wait...what?" Betty said when she realized what her father was saying. After her argument with Hilda, she'd expected opposition. But her father, she couldn't believe that he'd react like that.

"You two shouldn't be dating, I can't give my approval of this. I can't believe you've been sneaking around with him, you've basically been lying to us, your family." Ignacio said clearly disappointed.

"I can't believe you're saying that." Betty said shocked and hurt by her fathers words. it hurt Daniel to see the hurt on her face after hearing her father's words and the disappointment in them, he knew he had to say something.

" I don't mean any disrespect Mr . Suarez, but why shouldn't we be dating. I care about Betty and she cares about me, and I'd like to think we make each other happy." Daniel said speaking his mind.

"I know what kind of man you are, you use sweet innocent girls like Betty , then the next week you've moved on to someone new, I read the tabloids, I've seen the pictures." Ignacio said.

"I'm not that guy anymore, and Betty can see that. I want to be with her, just her ,and frankly I don't care what anyone else thinks. Again I mean no disrespect." Daniel said.

"If I may say something. I understand your concerns, but I've seen my son change for the better, and its because of your daughter that he is that better person. I can clearly see how much he cares for Betty, why can't you?" Claire said, not understanding what Ignacio and Hilda's problems were.

"That may be true but he's also changed Betty, for the worse. Before she met him, she'd never sneak around. I think it's time we leave." Ignacio said, having the same stubbornness as his children.

"I couldn't agree with you more, Papi...come on Justin." Hilda said standing up.

Her and Ignacio headed toward the door. Justin mouth a 'Sorry Aunt B", then followed after his mother , and grandfather.

"That was a disaster." Betty said standing up and holding back tears, she knew it wouldn't exactly go smoothly, but she hadn't expected that it would be that bad.

" I should probably, be going too, I'm sure they'll come around Betty." Claire said walking over and hugging Betty. She figured the couple could use a moment alone.

"Thanks...I hope so." Betty said sniffling a little. Claire then left after giving Daniel a reassuring smile.

"I'm sorry things didn't go well." Daniel said wrapping his arms around her.

"it's not your fault." Betty said resting her head on his shoulder.

"It kind of is, if it wasn't for my past, there wouldn't be a problem." Daniel said feeling bad.

"Hey, you're not that guy anymore, I know that. They just need to see what I see, when I look at you." Betty said lifting her head off his shoulder and looking into his eye's.

" I think what they really need to see, is what I see, when I look at you." Daniel.

"And what's that, what do you see?" Betty asked.

"Someone I could fall in love with." Daniel said, then kissed her.

"Do you think they'll really come around?" Betty asked when they ended the kiss.

"Yeah, and even if they don't...I'm not going anywhere." Daniel said kissing her forehead.

"That's good to know...because you're someone I could fall in love with too." Betty said, as he held her tighter in his warm embrace.

A/N: That's it, will Ignacio and Hilda come around, you'll have to read the next chapter to find out, thanks for reading, I hoped you enjoyed the chapter and that Ignacio wasn't too OOC, you have to understand his perspective as a concerned father ill-advised concern,but concern nonetheless,again it is not betaed,so excuse any errors. I'm probably gonna be going out of town for a three day vacay, starting on Sunday,but I'll try to get another chapter up before then and if not I'll definitely have my computer with me,so I'll try to work on another chapter I can post when I get back,thanks again for reading and as always a review/construct criticism/suggestions for what happens next, is greatly appreciated.

-Pessi . Rom